Take a look at captain Ben Stokes will be part of the England Lions teaching group within the United Arab Emirates subsequent month.
Stokes is at the moment recovering from an adductor damage suffered within the fifth Ashes Take a look at in Australia earlier this month.
However the 34-year-old can be a part of Andrew Flintoff’s teaching workers for T20 and 50-over white-ball collection in opposition to Pakistan Shaheens and proceed his rehabilitation work within the UAE.
The teaching group – which can attend both all or a part of the tour – additionally consists of Neil McKenzie, Sarah Taylor, Neil Killeen, Moeen Ali and Amar Rashid, whereas will probably be Troy Cooley’s first tour since returning to the England and Wales Cricket Board as males’s elite nationwide tempo bowling lead.
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Ben Stokes will assist coach the England Lions group within the United Arab Emirates subsequent month
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Thrilling
Spinner Moeen joins the Lions for the primary time as a coach, whereas Jordan Cox and Dan Mousley will captain the respective T20 and 50-over squads.
ECB males’s efficiency director Ed Barney mentioned: “It’s thrilling to have such a powerful England Lions squad chosen.
“This group brings an actual mix of confirmed performers, thrilling expertise who’ve carried out over the winter and retains an eye fixed on future greatest.
“With restricted 50-over cricket on supply, this collection mixed with excursions over the rest of 2026 will give gamers the chance to develop and ship as we construct in direction of the 2027 ICC Males’s World Cup in South Africa.”
The Lions will play a three-match T20 collection and 5 50-over matches, their first away white-ball collection since visiting Sri Lanka in 2022.
Lions T20 squad: J Cox (Essex, capt), S Baker (Hampshire), L Benkenstein (Essex), J Coles (Sussex), S Prepare dinner (Essex), S Currie (Hampshire), C Harrison (Northamptonshire), E Jack (Hampshire), S Mahmood (Lancashire), B McKinney (Durham), T Moores (Nottinghamshire), D Mousley (Warwickshire), M Revis (Yorkshire), W Smeed (Somerset), N Sowter (Durham), M Stanley (Lancashire), A Tribe (Glamorgan).
Lions 50-over squad: D Mousley (Warwickshire, capt), S Baker (Hampshire), L Benkenstein (Essex), S Prepare dinner (Essex), J Coles (Sussex), S Currie (Hampshire), C Harrison (Northamptonshire), E Jack (Hampshire), B McKinney (Durham), L Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), M Potts (Durham), M Revis (Yorkshire), J Rew (Somerset), M Stanley (Lancashire), A Tribe (Glamorgan), J Wharton (Yorkshire).
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